"When you're in an abusive relationship, you feel so alone. And when you live in a country where you don't speak the language, you feel even more alone. In my darkest moments, I felt like I had no options. No power. But with counseling and emotional support, I'm finally seeing my worth. Now I have the tools and I have support and the confidence to navigate any challenge."

We dare you to join us in the movement to end gender-based violence and advance justice in our immigrant communities and everywhere! Watch the full video above.

Chicago Foundation for Women's 26-member DV Collaborative released a statement for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, solidifying our commitment to expand the movement to end domestic violence by engaging and uplifting intersectional movements for social justice. Read the Press Release here.

HANA Highlights

Public Charge Workshop

HANA Center supports 3,250 limited-English speaking seniors and community members to connect with vital public benefits and resources each year. In July, HANA hosted a workshop with service providers, attorneys and Korean media to educate our community about potential impacts of recently announced changes to the Public Charge rule, and how we can organize together to resist! Read more about recent changes to Public charge in English and Korean here.

HANA Center's young people joined Dream riders from all over the country for a 37-day, 1700-mile bike tour from Seattle, WA to San Diego, CA. Journey2Justice was a joint effort by HANA Center and its national partners NAKASEC, Korean Resource Center, and NAKASEC-VA that also launched Citizenship for All, an immigrant-justice campaign. Citizenship for All calls for full humanity through affordable education for all, health care for all, fair tax for all, and pathway to citizenship for all non-citizens in this country. This includes all 11 million undocumented immigrants and 35,000 inter-country adoptees. Learn more about the Journey2Justice here.

A combination of Swahili and Korean, "Woori Ujima" means "Our Collective Work & Responsibility." Members of The UndocuBlack Network and NAKASEC and affiliates, including 10 people from HANA Center, gathered for a three-day conference in Los Angeles to share our immigrant experiences and build coalition toward our shared liberation. We laughed, cried, and danced together and discovered truth and beauty in our unique struggles and shared fight for justice.